Commonwealth of Kentucky Chooses UnitedHealthcare to Serve its Medicaid Beneficiaries
June 08 2020 - 11:35AM
Business Wire
Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries will have
access to UnitedHealthcare medical and prescription drug plans and
preventive health and wellness programs
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, which is partnering with managed
care health plans to improve people’s health and well-being and
reduce health care costs, selected UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
of Kentucky as one of five organizations to administer its
statewide Medicaid program, effective January 1, 2021.
“We are honored to work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky to
ensure Medicaid beneficiaries have access to value-based,
sustainable, person-centered solutions,” said Amy Johnston, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kentucky. “Our mission is to
help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system
work better for everyone, and we are committed to improving the
overall health of Kentucky Medicaid plan participants.”
UnitedHealthcare will work closely with the commonwealth to
deliver self-management care solutions and improve the overall
health and well-being of Kentuckians through whole-person,
coordinated care, which addresses both medical needs and social
supports and services such as access to addiction support and
medically assisted treatment, food, transportation, employment and
housing.
The company will offer health benefit plans for a portion of
approximately 1.2 million eligible adults and children who meet
qualifications for the state’s Medicaid program. Membership will
include access to UnitedHealthcare Community Plan’s care provider
network, wellness programs and comprehensive health coverage. This
includes preventive care, primary care, hospitalization,
prescriptions and other health and wellness services, often at low
or no cost.
Currently, UnitedHealthcare employs nearly 800 people in
Kentucky and works with a number of local organizations and
nonprofits to improve access to vital health care and community
resources that help people live healthier lives. In 2018,
community-based organizations in Kentucky received investments and
grants totaling more than $500,000 through the United Health
Foundation, business and corporate giving and employee giving
campaigns.
UnitedHealthcare provides employer-sponsored, individual,
Medicare and Dual Special Needs plans for more than 411,000 people
in Kentucky. More than 21,000 providers and hospitals are under
contract in the state. For more information, visit
www.uhccommunityplan.com/ky.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.2 million physicians and care professionals, and 6,500
hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The company also
provides health benefits and delivers care to people through owned
and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC
on Twitter.
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